Barry's Noorduyn Norseman **Finished**

[AndrewR]

I took the opportunity here to cut out window masks for later use.

You know that so amazing obvious, that I feel so amazingly stupid for not having figured it out long ago ...

Join the club John!

This is great Barry, I want to build this eventually as the Saskatchewan Air Ambulance, as we used to live in the Province.

But where's the resin?

Cheers

Andrew

[Barry]

Just revisiting normalcy Jag, not to worry there's weirdness in the near future, resins as well Andrew.

[Jagewa]

Phew, glad to hear that, I was getting worried...

[Barry]

self inflicted woes here. And see how poorly the green covered. What's up with Humbrol anyway? One tin is thicker than honey and the next is, like, pre-thinned!

[ShaunW]

Although I've never really had an issue with Humbrol enamels, I don't like airbrushing gloss paints, in fact I'm pretty bad at getting the mix right with them. For a gloss finish these days I've started to use matt equivalents, I just find the consistency of matt paint easier to work with and then a smooth over with micromesh followed by gloss clear coat or more than one coat to build up to the depth of shine that I want. I usually end up faffing with more than one coat of gloss anyway trying to get it right, so the painting sequence isn't lengthened that much more, if at all.

[JamesPerrin]

Hopefully this year we will see much improvement in the Hu enamels as they did announce they would be reformulated at the start of the year as well as a few new colours.

[Barry]

Well..this last bit took longer than expected. I repositioned the float rudders to the 'up' position and scratch built the beaching gear and the ladders. Also, the support struts for the main wing struts were over scale, so I replaced them with smaller plastic rod. The decals behave very well but are dead flat, so to make them inconspicuous, I had to over coat them with clear gloss before spraying the final satin coat. This is a nice kit and there are a surprising number of aftermarket decals available for it.

[TomW]

That looks great Barry! Love that colour scheme

Regards

Tom

[MerlinJones]

Outstanding, Barry! Really nice.

Regards,
Bruce

[JamesPerrin]

That'll certain stand out on a table of models. Very nice indeed.

[Lyell72planes]

Great looking model. The paint and markings are a attention
getter. Lyell..

[Dirkpitt289]

Stunning build. I love the colors

[Nax]

A really sharp looking build, like the others have said the colour scheme is a real eye catcher.

[Stupot]

Lovely model Barry - really nice!

Stu

[jssel]

Holy Schmolies. What a beautiful job.